January 17, 2001

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8998

AN ACT CREATING A SEPARATE ENGINEERING DISTRICT IN THE FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

SECTION 1. The cities of Bago and La Carlota, municipalities of Pontevedra, Valladolid, San Enrique and Pulupandan, which comprise the Fourth District of the Province of Negros Occidental are hereby constituted into an engineering district to be known as the Fourth Engineering District Office of the Province of Negros Occidental. HTcDEa

SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways is hereby authorized to transfer the records, property, equipment, supplies and materials pertaining to the jurisdiction of the Engineering District of the Fourth Congressional District of Negros Occidental in accordance with existing laws, rules and regulations.

SECTION 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter. EcDSTI

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date of the completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved: January 17, 2001

Published in the Manila Standard and Malaya on January 26, 2001. Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 97 No. 13, 48 Supp., on March 26, 2001.